ἱστορ-έω,
(ἵστωρ) inquire into or about a thing, τι [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.113, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 632, etc.; περί τινος 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 3.48.12 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; also, inquire about a person, τινα [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 1150, 1156; ὅδ᾽ εἴμ᾽ Ὀρέστης.. ὃν ἱστορεῖς 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 380, compare “Tr.” 261: followed by _relative_ clause, Αἴγισθον ἔνθ᾽ ᾤκηκεν ἱστορῶ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 1101. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2 examine, observe, χώραν, πόλιν, [[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Theseus” 30, “Pomp.” 40, compare 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Antiquitates Judaicae” 1.11.4 ] Refs 1st c.AD+]; τὴν τοῦ Μέμνονος [σύριγγα] [[ “OGI” 694.7; τὴν σύνεσίν τινος 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Cicero” 2, etc.; τινὰς ἀπολουμένους 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 11.109 ] Refs 1st c.AD+]: hence, to be informed about, know, κακῶς τὸ μέλλον ἱστορῶν [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 454; πατέρα ἱστορεῖς καλῶς [prev. author] “Eu.” 455, compare 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “παραγγελίαι” 12: _metaphorically_, εἴ τις ἀκτὶς ἡλίου νιν ἱστορεῖ βλέποντα] Refs 5th c.BC+] has news of him, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 676: followed by _relative_, τὴν πορείαν ἱστορῶν, ὡς δυσδίοδος ὑπάρχει 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 3.61.3 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; read in history, [[ [prev. author] 1.63.7. ] Refs]
__2 with accusative person, inquire of, ask, ἱστορέων αὐτοὺς ἥντινα δύναμιν ἔχει ὁ Νεῖλος [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.19, compare 3.77 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; inquire of an oracle, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 1547 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; visit a person for the purpose of inquiry, Κηφᾶν [[ NT.Gal.1.18 ] NT]:— passive, to be questioned, κληθέντας ἱστορέεσθαι εἰ.. [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.24; ἱστορούμενος 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 415, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Helena” 1371. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]